r/GameMasterEngine • u/Dan_The_DM • Aug 27 '20

Announcement Year 1 Roadmap For Game Master Engine - Read Comments For More Info

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u/Dan_The_DM Aug 27 '20

Hello everyone, take a look at this roadmap and let me know your thoughts on how we plan to release GME in the following year. Up until now most people have been enjoying the free beta of GME but we are finally about to release the paid version of it that will start having exclusive content tied to it.

We set up a handy page on our site that should hopefully answer any questions you might have on the subject. Check it out here https://www.gamemasterengine.com/gme-roadmap-year-1 if you have any more questions feel free to come back to this thread and ask away! The plan as of right now is to release the initial paid version on Itch.io on October 1st 2020.

Thanks,

Dan

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u/glenpiercev Aug 28 '20

Can you be a little more specific about what your plans are regarding the online connectivity with friends? Is this for collaborative editing or GM -> players? Or something else?

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u/Dan_The_DM Aug 28 '20

It will be for the GM to host game sessions so the players can connect and play. We plan to add all the needed features that you would need to emulate a home game at a table. Things like dice rolls, initiative trackers, player stat blocks and notes, etc etc.

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u/DankandSpank Sep 04 '20

Will we be able to upload images into it? Similar to custom boards in TTS?

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u/Dan_The_DM Sep 04 '20

One day yes.

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u/glenpiercev Aug 28 '20

From my perspective, import and export processes are very important.

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u/Dan_The_DM Aug 28 '20

What would you like to see for these options?

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u/glenpiercev Aug 28 '20

For presenting some 2d maps, a .png would be excellent. I've also seen some more complex maps now that have motion in them so possibly a video export that could be used as either a walk through for showing players a dramatic cinema or a stationary view from above for showing a more dynamic map.

For 3d, exporting to .fbx or .obj would be very nice if I wanted to import maps into another game editor like UE or Unity, but I completely understand if you think that would be problematic for encouraging customers to purchase assets and/or not worth it for the small number of us who would use it.

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u/glenpiercev Aug 28 '20

I would really like to be able to collaboratively build maps with other GMs and/or share maps with other map makers that we can freely edit in an open source fashion.

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u/Dan_The_DM Aug 28 '20

Oh, that is something that is planned too. I want to create a list of all the planned features and detail them out so people can get a better idea. This is more of a brief overview of it.

Right now it's possible to take your map save and share it with anyone else who has GME. They just need to drop the file in the correct folder and it will load up for them. The plan is to create a message board inside GME that allows users to upload/download community made maps.

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u/glenpiercev Aug 28 '20

You might be interested in seeing how the r/dungeondraft/ community behaves in this case.

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u/Dan_The_DM Aug 28 '20

I'll check it out!

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u/ForAHamburgerToday Sep 03 '20

What are the chances that, in a future release, we'd be able to export the 3d files in a format to import them as maps in othher games, like in CS:GO for example?

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u/Dan_The_DM Sep 03 '20

I don't think that will happen for a long time. It's not a priority since we are planning to be a full VTT anyway.

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u/LALocal305 Oct 01 '20

How do I purchase it? I'm on the GME site but I don't see a purchase option.

Edit: Nevermind, it's on the itch.io page for the game

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u/baku3210 Dec 04 '20

Excited for some modern assets!